HC Deb 10 July 1986 vol 101 cc238-9W
Mr. Tom Clarke

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many qualified specialist speech therapists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and music therapists there are in each of the appropriate authorities in Scotland.

Mr. John MacKay

The information requested for each group of staff employed within the NHS in Scotland at 30 September 1985* is set out in the following table. The figures for occupational therapists employed by local authority social work departments at the beginning of October 1985 are also shown. The numbers for other groups employed by local authorities are not separately collected. All figures are shown as whole-time equivalents.

Health board Speech therapists Physiotherapists Occupational therapists Music, art and garden therapists Local authority social work departments Occupational therapists
Argyll and Clyde 27.5 62.1 13.7 1.0 Strathclyde 71.5
Ayrshire and Arran 17.9 70.2 13.9
Greater Glasgow 60.4 318.8 107.1 3.5
Lanarkshire 22.8 90.5 14.7
Borders 10.2 18.1 2.4 1.0 Borders 6.0
Dumfries and Dumfries and
Galloway 16.6 20.9 19.7 Galloway 3.0
Fife 23.7 60.5 19.8 Fife 15.0
Forth Valley 13.8 45.1 13.9 2.0 Central 9.7
Grampian 28.6 80.0 41.1 0.4 Grampian 19.5
Highland 12.8 40.6 7.1 1.0 Highland 8.3
Lothian 53.4 196.5 111.8 4.6 Lothian 43.9
Tayside 31.9 76.0 48.0 Tayside 15.0
Orkney 2.0 2.0 Orkney 1.0
Shetland 0.8 4.0 1.0 1.0 Shetland 1.5
Western Isles 2.3 11.6 Western Isles 2.0
SCOTLAND 324.7 1,096.9 414.2 14.5 196.4
* Provisional figures